Inhibition of Return Test

Dear respondent,

I am a final-year student from the Bachelor of Health and Fitness (Honours) program at Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) Perlis Branch. I am currently conducting a research study titled “Problematic Social Media Use, Inhibitory Control and Academic Performance among University Students.”

You are invited to participate in a research study that aims to evaluate the relationship between social media usage on inhibitory control and academic performance among university students. This study was conducted to understand how social media use can affect inhibitory control and academic performance, especially for university students who need to focus on upcoming exams.

Inhibitory control will be measured using the CogniFit application via Online Computerized Test Using PC. The CogniFit inhibition of return (IOR) test is a digitized replica of the homonymous task (Posner & Cohen, 1984). This task allows the assessment of the phenomenon known as "inhibition of return", which consists of people responding more slowly to stimuli located in the position where at least 300 milliseconds before a task-irrelevant stimulus was shown. Participants will press the left arrow key as soon as the left circle lights up green and press the right arrow key as soon as the right circle lights up green and ignore all the other visual stimuli.

ETHICS COMMITTEE

This study has been approved and complies with the ethical requirements imposed by the Faculty in compliance with the regulations agreed in the REC-ERC 257/2025.

CONSENT TO PARTICIPATION

Participation in this study is entirely voluntary.
Participation in this study will not prejudice the participant from a medical point of view.
This study is for research purposes only and the data collected will not be used for diagnostic or clinical purposes.
No data published as a result of the study will reveal the identity of the participants.
The use of participant data for the final study will ultimately depend on the researchers responsible and may not be included for technical or other specific reasons.
The participant may withdraw their consent at any time.
Any questions about the study, the technique used, or the purpose may be asked at any time.
The researchers or managers of University Teknologi Mara Perlis Branch will inform the participant of all the above and of any other data or any noteworthy incidence. Researchers or managers of University Teknologi Mara Perlis Branch will request participant consent prior to the start of the study.

BASIC INFORMATION ON DATA PROTECTION

Study lead: Nazatul Elni binti Inche Juinedi

Principal Investigator: Dr. Nurul Farha binti Zainuddin

Lecture Faculty of Sport Science and Recreation

University Teknologi MARA 02600 Arau PERLIS

0167629203
nurulfarha.uitm.edu.my

Purpose: To carry out the clinical research study.

Rights: Under the legal conditions, you have the right to access, rectify, and have your data deleted, to terminate or limit the treatment.

Confidentiality: Your responses to this study will be confidential. Every effort will be made by the researcher to preserve your confidentiality including assigning code names/numbers for participants that will be used on all research notes and documents. Participant data will be kept confidential except in cases where the researcher is legally obligated to report specific incidents. These incidents include, but may not be limited to, incidents of abuse and suicide risk.

Additional information: You can consult the additional information on Data Protection in this link.

CONTACT INFORMATION

If you have questions at any time about this study, or you experience adverse effects as the result of participating in this study, please contact the researcher Nazatul Elni binti Inche Juinedi ( 0145935423). If you have questions regarding your rights as a research participant, or if problems arise which you do not feel you can discuss with the Primary Investigator, please contact ijnazatul@gmail.com.

VOLUNTARY PARTICIPATION

Your participation in this study is voluntary. It is up to you to decide whether or not to take part in this study. If you decide to take part in this study, you will be asked to sign a consent form. After you sign the consent form, you are still free to withdraw at any time and without giving a reason. Withdrawing from this study will not affect the relationship you have, if any, with the researcher. If you withdraw from the study before data collection is completed, your data will be returned to you or destroyed.

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